Indian Hindu leader's criticism of Mother Teresa adds to religious tension

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Maseeh Rahman

Just days after the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, assured church leaders that his government would ensure the right of every citizen to “retain or adopt” any religion, the country’s foremost Hindu nationalist leader questioned the work of Christian missionaries by accusing Mother Teresa of having served the poor in order to persuade them to become Christians.

“Her service would’ve been good, but it used to have one objective, to see that the person who was being helped felt obliged to become a Christian,” said Mohan Bhagwat, the head of the National Volunteer Corps (known by its acronym RSS), a powerful Hindu organisation which counts Modi among its members.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/24/indian-hindu-leaders-criticism-of-mother-teresa-adds-to-religious-tension